Horizontal gene transfer in bdelloid rotifers is ancient, ongoing and more frequent in species from desiccating habitats

Eyres I, Boschetti C, Crisp A, Smith TP, Fontaneto D, Tunnacliffe A, Barraclough TG
December 2015
Journal article
Journal:
BMC Biology
Volume:
13
Issue:
1
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Springer Nature
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p.
90
No abstract available
Keywords:

31 Biological Sciences

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3103 Ecology

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3105 Genetics

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Genetics

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Infectious Diseases

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Human Genome

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Biotechnology

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Animals

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Desiccation

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Ecosystem

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Gene Transfer, Horizontal

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Molecular Sequence Data

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Phylogeny

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Rotifera

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Sequence Analysis, DNA

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Species Specificity

DOI
10.1186/s12915-015-0202-9